AT&T moves to double download speeds

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Subscribers of AT&T 3G services have something to be excited about. That’s because the company’s mobility vice-president told Telephony Online that it plans on doubling its 3G download speeds from 3.6 to 7.2 megabits per second. There are currently two markets utilizing the new download speeds, but AT&T plans on rolling out the upgrades to its entire network.{ad}

If doubling the speed of the network wasn’t good enough, the company also stated it has plans to begin to triple download speeds beginning the end of this year. AT&T plans on doing this through a rollout of HSPA+ technology. HSPA+ has the theoretical capability of supporting download speeds of 21 megabits per second.

The good news is that the article states that most of the laptop cards and smartphones, such as the iPhone, that AT&T sell are already capable of supporting the increased speed of 7.2 megabits per second. That’s good news for folks who have already made an investment in hardware and would like to see some more life out of it. That’s especially true of someone who has purchased an iPhone.

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cool geek

how much too much

The Official Rick

Well if this is going to happen, then the unlimited data plan better mean unlimited, not just “oh-heres-some-data,-and-you-have-to-pay-if-you-go-over.” I can see many people tethering their iphone much more now (jailbroken) when/if the dl rate is up before the next iphone[OS] comes out.